Nutrition | Indoor Cycle Instructor Podcast

Nutrition Lessons From a Non-Nutrition Seminar

by Joan Kent | May 26, 2015 | Engage Your Students, Health and Wellness, Master Instructor Blog

As a nutritionist, I find that my food is under scrutiny all the time. Recently, I attended a weeklong seminar that had nothing to do with nutrition, but my food was still scrutinized. Every morning started with a different fitness activity. Afterward, the instructor...

Sleep Issues May Be Easy to Fix With Food

by Joan Kent | May 11, 2015 | Engage Your Students, Health and Wellness

Sleep difficulties can take several different forms. Let”™s look at one. If you have trouble falling asleep at night, one easy solution is to eat a small portion of carbohydrate, preferably starch, about an hour or so before bed. Starch examples include quinoa,...

The Natural Eating Cycle — and How Sugar Can Disrupt It

by Joan Kent | Apr 6, 2015 | Health and Wellness

The Natural Eating Cycle is simple and straightforward: We feel hungry. We eat in response. The hunger stops. We stop eating and lose interest in food. We could visualize those 4 steps as a circle because they form a continual, ongoing process. Eating that natural way...

The Truth About the “Registered Dietitian Breakfast” (Did You Know There Was One?)

by Joan Kent | Oct 6, 2014 | Health and Wellness, Master Instructor Blog

I'm not kidding. On the first day of Registered Dietitian School, I think every RD student must be taught to recommend the Registered Dietitian Breakfast: orange juice, yogurt and granola, often with berries. I wish I could tell you this is a joke, but over many...

Plan B: Stabilizing Blood Sugar and Brain Chemicals On the Fly (And Avoiding Sugar!)

by Joan Kent | Aug 11, 2014 | Best Practices, Health and Wellness, Master Instructor Blog

It”™s dinnertime, and I”™m flying home to San Francisco from a Houston business trip. The flight attendant is bringing around the service cart and I”™m about to order … milk. I never drink milk, so why now? Let”™s go back to how the day started. Fortunately, I had...